Toronto CISO Community

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Toronto CISO Governing Body

A regional Governing Body leads the Toronto CISO community, shaping the topics and agendas for your local programs and ensuring that all content is driven by CISOs, for CISOs.

Co-Chairs

Samer Adi

GreenShield
CISO

Michael Dundas

Manulife
Global Head (AVP) of Cyber Protection, Architecture and Engineering

Sandra Liepkalns

Choice Properties REIT
VP, Information Security & Data Governance

Ranjika Manamperi

Ontario Power Generation
VP Cybersecurity & CISO

Mike Melo

LifeLabs
VP Technology Shared Services & CISO

Ragulan Sinnarajah

Sobeys
VP, IT Shared Services & Head of Cyber Security

Members

Zaki Abbas

Brookfield Asset Management
SVP, CISO

Assaf Afek-Levy

GFL
CISO

Omar Al-Assaf

American Express
Director and Information Security Officer (BISO) for the Americas

Davis Arora

Honeywell
Senior Director of Cyber Security

Salman Ashraf

The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation
Director, Corporate Information Security Officer (CISO)

Mohsen Azari

goeasy
Director of Cyber Defense

Natalia Bakhtina

BFL Canada
Director of Cybersecurity and IT Risk Management

Keith Benedict

Postmedia Network Inc
Director IT Security, Audit and Compliance

Aamir Bhaijiwala

Chartwell Retirement Residences
Director Information Security

Shimul Bhattacharjee

Holcim
Global Information Security Officer, Infrastructure & Operation

Ireen Birungi

Interac
VP, Information Security & CISO

Simon Brown

Canopy Growth Corporation
Senior Director, Cybersecurity & Risk Management

Derek Browne

Northbridge Financial Corporation
CISO

Tom Campbell

Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
Director Cyber Security

Alpha Chan

Toronto Police Service
CISO

Sunil Chand

Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation
VP, Cyber and Information Security Officer

Nagesh Chawla

Foresters Financial
AVP, Enterprise Architecture and Information Security

David Cullen

AGF Management Limited
CISO

Jeff Curtis

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Chief Privacy Officer

Tracy Dallaire

McMaster University
Director Information Security

Sergio De Oliveira

Vale
Senior Information Security Analyst

Dan Di Salvo

Maple Leaf Foods
VP, Infrastructure & Security Services

Gennady Duchovich

Haventree Bank
Head of Cybersecurity

Adam Evans

Royal Bank of Canada
SVP & CISO

Andrew Faber

Toronto Pearson Airport
Director Security Technology Services

Steve Ferrigni

Workplace Safety & Insurance Board
VP, IT & CISO

Chris Gaya

Munich RE
Head of IT Security, Architecture & Engineering

Kush Gidda

Zynga
Director, Application Security

Patrick Gilbert

Rona
Senior Director, Information Security

Manas Giri

WestJet
CISO

Rachel Guinto

First West Credit Union
VP, Cybersecurity

Arif Hameed

C&R Software
CISO

Le Ha Hang

CGI
VP, Enterprise Security

Vaughn Hazen

CN
CISO

Jihad Hazime

Marsh McLennan
Director of DevSecOps & S-SDLC

John Hewie

Microsoft Canada
National Security Officer

Fred Hopper

Giesecke+Devrient Mobile Security
VP, Security

Umar Hossain

Staples Canada
Head of IT Operations & Cybersecurity

Rod Hynes

Bell Canada
Director, Information Security

Waruna Jay

Auxly
VP, Information Technology

Faiza Kacem

BNP Paribas
Head Americas - Operational Resilience, Crisis Management, and Third Party Tech Risk

Stephen Kerkmann

Revera
CISO

Vivek Khindria

Loblaws
SVP, Cyber Security, Network and Technology Risk

Raghavendra Kumar

Hudson's Bay Co
Divisional VP Security Architecture, Engineering & IAM

Karl Larson

Lightspeed HQ
VP Security

Tony Lee

Apotex
Associate Director, CISO

Beeya Makkar

Purolator Inc.
Director, IT Ops & Governance

Andrew McAllister

Safran Landing Systems
Deputy CISO

Daniel McAuley

Weston Group of Companies
Senior Manager, Information Security and Infrastructure

Brenda McCulloch

Teranet
CISO

Paul Min

Cadillac Fairview
Head of Information Security and Technology Operations

Craig Newell

GDI Integrated Facility Services
VP, Enterprise Information Security

Teodor Pana

SE Health
Director, Cyber Security

Kashif Parvaiz

University Health Network
CISO, RSOC Program Director

Craig Peppard

Wilton Re
VP & Group CISO

Mark Pryce

Toromont
Manager Cybersecurity

Vinay Puri

Thomson Reuters
VP, Head of Security Architecture

Blair Radbourne

OMERS
SVP, Enterprise Governance & Technology

Sam Rego

Mohawk Medbuy
CISO & Senior Director IT, Infrastructure & Operations

Mark Reid

Brookfield Renewable Energy Group
VP Cybersecurity & IT Compliance

Heloisa Ribeiro

EDC
Head of the Cybersecurity Program, Enterprise Information Security

John Roberts

Government of Ontario
Chief Privacy Officer and Archivist of Ontario

Kirill Semenov

Hatch
Information Technology Security Officer

Shamnad Shaffi

BentallGreenOak BGO
VP, IT Security

Vishal Sharma

Achievers
CISO

Nilesh Shastri

Canadian Institute for Health Information
CISO

Arsen Shirokov

McMillan
National Director, Information Technology / CIO

Priya Sirwani

Fiera Capital
Global CISO & Head of Global IT Infrastructure

Raj Sivarajah

CI Financial
CISO

Gary Smith

EllisDon
VP, Enterprise Tech Relations

Clifton Sookdeo

Element Fleet Management
Director Information Security

Andrey Spiwak

Manulife
Senior Director, Cybersecurity, Resilience and Governance

Jeff Stark

Fasken
CISO

Les Stevens

Capital One Financial
Senior Director, Cyber Security and Divisional CISO

Danny Sutantyo

Interac
Director, Information Security and Compliance

Sohaib Syeed Ahmed

First National Financial
Director, Information Security

Deepak Upadhyaya

Baker Tilly International
CISO, Partner - Digital Tech and Risk

Nabeel Yousif

Flexiti Financial
CISO

Olivera Zatezalo

Suncor Energy
GM, Cyber Security & Privacy

Adam Zimmerman

Cineplex
Executive Director, Cyber Security

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Upcoming Programs

VIRTUAL

August 2, 2023 | 1 hour

Toronto CISO Town Hall

An interactive, peer-led discussion on current topics and priorities.

September 27, 2023 | an evening

Toronto CISO Inner Circle

Vantage Venues

A gathering with peers to discuss timely topics over dinner in a private setting.

December 12, 2023 | 1 day

Toronto CISO Executive Summit

Beanfield Centre

Walk away from this peer-led program with new connections and with actionable insights.

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BLOG | MAY 29, 2023

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BLOG | MAY 22, 2023

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